What the shaft pays

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Woodcut cross-section of a shaft through sand, a coal seam and deep crystalline rock with a glowing ore vein.

—SHAFT mined, all time

—SHAFT paid in 24h

—Rigs active in 24h

—Current round

Where the ore came from

This counts the last rounds the server reports. Each band's height is that depth's share of the draw; its bar is the SHAFT paid there.

SURFACE
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SEAM
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CORE
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Rules

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Woodcut of miners turning a windlass over a shaft, from Georgius Agricola, De re metallica (1556). — Georgius Agricola, De re metallica (1556). Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0.

Depths

Each round's depth is drawn at random with these odds. The reward for a right answer is random inside the range.

Depth	What it asks	Reward	Share
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Woodcut of miners at the shaft mouth typing on terminals, cables running down into the shaft.

What one rig can earn

For a rig that stays online and answers every dig right. Wrong and missed digs pay nothing, so real results are lower. The minimum and maximum are the ends of the random draw.

Period	Digs	Minimum	Average	Maximum
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Woodcut of a geared mechanical arm chipping ore crystals from a vein into a cart under a hanging lamp.

Latest rounds

Round	Ended	Depth	Rigs	Right answers	Paid, SHAFT
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